(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, JUNE 11 - A regional seminar on
Euro-Mediterranean relations with a focus on ''Discussing
Policies and Partnership to Support Economic and Social Rights
and the Role of Civil Society'' have been organised in Beirut
from 11 to 13 June by the EU-funded Civil Society Programme in
collaboration with the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND).
According to the Enpi website (www.enpi-info.eu), the event will offer an opportunity to deepen discussions on the change brought about by the Arab Spring and on the persisting failure of social and economic development paradigms affecting Arab Countries.
Participants will include representatives of civil society organizations from Southern Mediterranean Countries, representatives of international, regional and sub-regional networks and organisations from the associative field, namely associations for the protection of human rights, trade unions, students' and journalists' associations, women and youth associations and lawyers' and judges' associations.
The seminar aims at clarifying the demands and propositions from civil society organisations as well as identifying ways of cooperation and possible collective campaigning on priority policy areas. The Civil Society Regional programme, funded by the EU with a budget of one million euros, aims to enhance the position of civil society in the southern Mediterranean region in order to stimulate a more democratic debate at national level and within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Union for the Mediterranean. It seeks to strengthen the institutional capacity of civil society to promote means of dialogue and coordination within civil society and between civil society and the public institutions. It also proposes to encourage activities and debate at national and regional level on the policies, institutions and mechanisms of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Union for the Mediterranean.(ANSAmed).
According to the Enpi website (www.enpi-info.eu), the event will offer an opportunity to deepen discussions on the change brought about by the Arab Spring and on the persisting failure of social and economic development paradigms affecting Arab Countries.
Participants will include representatives of civil society organizations from Southern Mediterranean Countries, representatives of international, regional and sub-regional networks and organisations from the associative field, namely associations for the protection of human rights, trade unions, students' and journalists' associations, women and youth associations and lawyers' and judges' associations.
The seminar aims at clarifying the demands and propositions from civil society organisations as well as identifying ways of cooperation and possible collective campaigning on priority policy areas. The Civil Society Regional programme, funded by the EU with a budget of one million euros, aims to enhance the position of civil society in the southern Mediterranean region in order to stimulate a more democratic debate at national level and within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Union for the Mediterranean. It seeks to strengthen the institutional capacity of civil society to promote means of dialogue and coordination within civil society and between civil society and the public institutions. It also proposes to encourage activities and debate at national and regional level on the policies, institutions and mechanisms of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Union for the Mediterranean.(ANSAmed).
